# NousResearch/hermes-agent · openai-native web search backend selection with openai-codex

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #135684: \[Bug\]: openai-codex + auto-selected openai-native web search — every turn that searches fails with server_error
- PR #135745: fix(web): keep the openai-native marker out of automatic backend selection
- PR #135925: fix(web): run openai-native search client-side via the Codex search endpoint

One bug report describes server_error on turns that search when openai-codex is paired with an auto-selected openai-native web search. Two related fix PRs concern running openai-native search client-side via the Codex search endpoint and keeping the openai-native marker out of automatic backend selection.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #135684: \[Bug\]: openai-codex + auto-selected openai-native web search — every turn that searches fails with server_error

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#135745: fix(web): keep the openai-native marker out of automatic backend selection**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/web_search_registry.py`, `plugins/web/_common.py`, `plugins/web/openai_native/provider.py`, `tests/tools/test_web_native_no_autoselect.py`
- **#135925: fix(web): run openai-native search client-side via the Codex search endpoint**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/transports/codex.py`, `plugins/web/openai_native/plugin.yaml`, `plugins/web/openai_native/provider.py`, `tests/agent/transports/test_codex_transport.py`, `tests/tools/test_web_providers_openai_native.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/web-search.md`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`